2007-D Lincoln off center error for $212?!

Free · April 21, 2008 11:33PM

Am I missing something here? I thought these were a dime a dozen. Are the newer dates really that rare?

2007-D Lincoln off center on ebay

DrWho · April 21, 2008 11:42PM

you missed being the winning bidder.

commoncents05 · April 21, 2008 11:43PM

I think recent dates are actually hard to find.

-Paul

astrorat · April 22, 2008 12:00AM

Yep, they are more expensive (especially from Denver) and certainly not a "dime a dozen." I am not sure, however, how rare the 2007-D is and considering who was one of the underbidders, I bet the "retail" price is in the $200-$250 range.

Lane

sonofagunk · April 22, 2008 12:09AM

I am surprised it went so cheap.

Look at the 2004-D, not sure what it actually sold for, but ...

astrorat · April 22, 2008 12:31AM

<< <i>I am surprised it went so cheap.

Look at the 2004-D, not sure what it actually sold for, but ... >>

Apples and oranges. The 2007-D was only slightly off-center. Rich's 2004-D is 75% off-center and the finest known and his 2005-P is the only major off-center (55%) known (or at least certified). Thus, the price of those two pieces rises geometrically as compared with the 2007-D piece. And...Rich sells retail. BTW...Rich is also won of the good-guys (along with Fred Weinberg) in the error field.

Lane

seanq · April 22, 2008 4:37AM

Major off-center errors went the way of the Edsel when the Mint converted from their old vertically-oriented coining equipment to new Schuller presses with horizontal die alignment. In English, that means instead of the dies moving up and down to strike coins, they now move side to side. So in the past, where a misfed planchet could rest off-center on the anvil die to just about any degree, now the planchet will fall out from between the dies without being struck. Most of the "off center" struck coins produced on these new machines are really closer to uncentered broadstrikes, or are at most 5% O/C (as measured like the older coins from the vertical presses).

The Mint occasionally put the old machines back into use during peak volume, which is why the '04-D and '05 cent exist, but they are extremely rare. The '07-D in the OP's post almost looks like it could have come from the new presses, as most of the O/C coins I've seen dated 2002 or later are misstruck toward K-7. If so it is misstruck to a degree I've not seen before.

Sean Reynolds

Broadstruck · April 22, 2008 4:45AM

That was a good looking Lincoln... scarce and cheap!

2007-D Lincoln off center error for $212?!

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